AUSTIN, Texas – Photos from Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas. All photos are provided courtesy of the NASCAR and Getty Images. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows
Author: Mike Haag
Mike Haag
Mike Haag has covered motorsports in San Antonio and South Texas for more than 39 years. In addition to covering motorsports for the San Antonio Express-News for nearly 28 years, Mike also has co-hosted TrackSmack with Dawn Murphy for 19 race seasons. In addition to being a writer, Mike taught high school English and Journalism for 30 years before retiring in May, 2020.
AUSTIN, Texas – Photos from Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsmen Truck Series XPEL 225 race, NASCAR Xfinity Series Focus Health 250 race and the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix qualifying session at Circuit of The Americas. All photos are provided courtesy of the NASCAR and Getty Images. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio AUSTIN, Texas – Here’s what some of the NASCAR Cup Series driver are saying about Sunday’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. Ross Chastian, No. 1 Worldwide Express Camaro ZL1 “There’s 20 brake zones and 20 acceleration zones on the other side of each corner. I can’t think of one spot that I get really excited about passing because they’re all high risk, very heavy braking. There are some new asphalt patches in some of the corners that are brake zones. So nothing is comfortable about passing at COTA because it’s…
AUSTIN, Texas – Photos from Friday’s NASCAR Craftsmen Truck Series XPEL 225 and NASCAR Xfinity Series Focus Health 250 practice and qualifying sessions at Circuit of The Americas. All photos are provided courtesy of the NASCAR and Getty Images. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio AUSTIN, Texas – In the world of NASCAR, lineage often plays a significant role. It’s a sport where family legacies intertwine with the roar of engines and the thrill of victory. For NASCAR Cup Series driver John Hunter Nemechek, racing isn’t just a passion—it’s in his blood. Continuing the tradition set by his father, Joe Nemechek, John Hunter is carving his own path in the world of motorsports and NASCAR. Joe Nemechek’s journey began decades ago, with a triumphant Texas victory in the All Pro Super Series race at San Antonio Speedway in…
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio AUSTIN, Texas – This weekend, Austin, Texas, braces itself for the thunderous roar of engines as the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS), Xfinity Series (NXS), and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) converge for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), marking the fourth consecutive season of racing spectacle in the Lone Star State. After a thrilling stretch of five points races on ovals, the NASCAR Cup Series gears up for a shift in terrain as it heads to one of the nation’s premier road courses, the Circuit of The Americas (COTA), for…
By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio AUSTIN, Texas – University of Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian has been named the honorary starter for Sunday’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of The Americas (COTA). Sarkisian, who led the Longhorns to the College Football Playoff semifinals last season, will wave the green flag to kick off the fourth annual EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. “It’s such an honor to wave the green flag and kick off the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix here in the great city of Austin!” Sarkisian said. “I can’t wait to get to the track…
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. — Sometimes a victory tastes sweetest when it comes as a chaser for a bitter defeat. That was certainly the case for pole winner Christian Eckes, who held off Kyle Busch in the closing laps to win Saturday night’s Weather Guard Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. In last year’s NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoff race at Bristol, Eckes gave up the lead to Corey Heim with six laps left and finished second by 0.218 seconds. The loss cost Eckes, who led 150 laps in that event, a berth…
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. — Sunoco rookie Jesse Love led almost all the laps, but in the end, it was his Richard Childress Racing teammate, Austin Hill, who had Saturday’s RAPTOR King of Tough 250 fall into his lap. For Hill, who won last week’s NASCAR Xfinity Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway, it was the continuation of a serendipitous start to 2024. Hill is the first driver since Tony Stewart in 2008 to win the first two events of an Xfinity season. The victory was Hill’s third in the last four races at Atlanta…
Courtesy of the NHRA LAS VEGAS – Looking to stay in the Funny Car championship hunt, Robert Hight claimed the provisional No. 1 position at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, making the quickest run in both qualifying sessions on Friday at the 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals. Mike Salinas (Top Fuel), Erica Enders (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the 20th of 21 races during the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, and the fifth of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Hight…